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The Jay report in 2014 showed that non-reporting enabled large-scale, long-term abuse. That is nearly 10 years ago, and we still do not have anything in place. The noble Baroness, Lady Jay, found that front-line staff had information but did not escalate it. Failures to report went on for at least 16 years without effective intervention—that is, pre 2014—and there was a culture of suppressing bad news within local authorities and police.